Sermons
Pausing for Grief and Joy
Queries:
What am I rushing through that I need to savor?
Who needs my presence, connection, or touch? Do I need these things?
What does “taking a breath” mean in the context of my important commitments and relationships?
What strikes me about Jesus, Judas, or Mary in this scene? Do I identify with any of them?
What Must I Take Up? What Must I Lay Down? (Guest Speaker: Julie Peyton)
Julie is a member of West Hills Friends in Portland, Oregon. She and her husband (David) came to Quakers in the mid-1990s, and quickly found a spiritual home among Friends. Julie's professional life was spent mostly teaching basic chemistry at the college level. Her favorite Quaker is Isaac Penington, whom she reads daily. Well, almost daily. Close enough, anyway. Penington is a great help to her as a "recovering Evangelical." Also helpful has been distance running, and she will tell you that she can draw a direct line between becoming a runner and becoming a Quaker; feel free to ask her about that.
Flipped, or: How I Scold Jesus for Making a Scene at the Temple
The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves and the money changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, with the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
God is Trans
Query:
How am I experiencing or being called to transformation? Transmission? Transition? Transcendence? Transgression? Transposition? Transplantation? Translation? Transparency? Transculturation? Transience? Transfiguration?
Neighborliness (Guest Speaker: Nat Light)
Nat Light (part of the CFC family) brought us a modern take on the story of the Good Samaritan. Nat has experienced a spiritual journey that could be described as 'moving from having all the answers to wondering about the questions.' He is learning to be a better listener and sit peacefully in uncertainty. When not at work, he can be found either contemplating home improvement or actually doing it. He is a lifelong resident of western Washington and as such is relatively unbothered by rain.
Love is Its Own Reward
Query:
What is the challenge or invitation of these sayings–to our nation, to our community, or to you?
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